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Top Ten Words & Phrases in Spanish, Basque, Galician & Catalan
An Easy-To-Read Chart for You to Print Out & Take With You

By Damian Corrigan, About.com

Find below a list of the top ten words and phrases in Spanish, Basque, Galician & Catalan, the four main Languages in Spain. For pronunciation guides, see the phrasebook links at the side of the page.

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English Spanish (Castillian) Basque Galician Catalan
1 Hello Hola Kaixo Ola Hola
2 Bye* Hasta luego/adios Aio Adeus Fins ara!
3 Yes/no, please/thank you Si/no, por favor/gracias Bai/ez, mesedez/eskerrik asko Sí/no, por favor/grazas Sí/no, si us plau/gràcies
4 Where is...? ¿Donde esta...? Non dago...? Onde está...? On és...?
5 I don't understand No entiendo Ez dut ulertzen Non entendo No ho entenc
6 Two beers, please Dos cervezas, por favor Bi garagardo, mesedez Dúas cervexas, por favor Dues cerveses, si us plau
7 The check, please La cuenta por favor Kontua, mesedez A conta, por favor El compte, si us plau.
8 Do you speak English? ¿Hablas inglés? Ingelesez hitz egiten al duzu? Falas inglés? Parles anglès?
9 How much is this? ¿Cuanto cuesta esto? Zenbat balio du? Canto custa Quant costa això?
10 Excuse me Discuple Aizu Desculpe Dispensi
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